The jungle pg 151-200

     During the next season of winter, the family are working 15-16 hour work days. Ona explains to Jurgis that she does not come home after work because the snow drifts are so bad, that she has to stay with a friend over night. Jurgis does not believe her, so he gets a confession out of her. Ona says that her boss at the factory has been harassing her, and wanting Ona to become his mistress. Ona also said that her boss raped her after everyone had gone home, and she said that he threatened to get everyone in her household out of work. Jurgis then goes into Ona's workplace, and beats up the boss. Jurgis is eventually taken away to the police station and arrested. In Jail he realizes that it is Christmas Eve, and he begins to cry, knowing that his family will be spending Christmas without him. During Jurgis' trial, Phil Connor testifies that Jurgis attacked him out of rage because Phil fired Ona. Jurgis is then sentenced to thirty days in jail. Jurgis then realizes that his entire family has lost their jobs, and the only money they earn is from begging and the children selling papers. After being released from prison, Jurgis discovers a new family living in his home, and comes to learn that his family has been evicted. Jurgis then travels to the boarding house where his family is now living. Once in the boarding house, he hears Ona screaming and discovers she has gone into premature labor. Jurgis goes to find a midwife, to help Ona give birth. After finding one, he then goes to a saloon because they say that he will only be in the way. At four in the moring Jurgis returns to the boarding house, and he discovers that the baby is dead, and Ona is dying. Jurgis rushes to she her, and Ona looks at him for a moment and then dies.

           I thought that this part of the book had some really unlucky things that happened to this family, especially to Jurgis. First Jurgis finds out that his wife has been getting raped by her boss. Then Jurgis gets thrown in jail  because he beats this man up. Then Jurgis' entire family loses their jobs because they are too weak to work, and because of the bad weather. Then after Jurgis gets out of jail, his wife dies and his newborn baby also dies. This would be an extremely stressful time in Jurgis' life with all of these bad events going on in his life.